SCRIPTURE: Numbers 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” [Matthew 3:11]. Rituals for cleansing cannot change our sinful, sick hearts, we need spiritual, inward…
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am I God’s gift to Jesus?
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. [John 17:6] Jesus is God’s best given to us. But like Aaron, God also gives Jesus the support He needs, in the disciples. God gives…
His power through me
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” [John 15:4] No matter what our status may be, no matter how many gifts or skills or how many people vote…
the cost of betrayal
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, ‘I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me.’ Jesus answered, ‘It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.’ Then, dipping the piece…
to help us remember
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured…
nothing… without Him
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus said, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him,…
grasshoppers beat giants
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. [Matthew 10:16] Jesus spoke these words to His twelve disciples when He sent them on their first mission. Moses could have said the same thing to the twelve tribes of Israel as they were preparing to enter Canaan. The spies come back from their…
the humble leader
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave…
“Sermons We See”
by Edgar Guest I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear, Fine counsel is confusing, but example’s always clear; And the best of all the preachers are the men who…
hungry for Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. [John 6:48-50] This is not the first time the people have grumbled, but now the Lord punishes them….